In a message dated 3/19/02 10:53:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, VTerv writes:
> > >> I'm primarily a B&W shooter, and prefer Agfa APX 100 and Tri-X, which I >> shoot the most. However, I've run a few rolls of Ilford's HP5+ and >> liked it, too, so there will soon be more of it in the freezer. I'm >> also quite partial to slower speed films, and have a stock of Agfa's APX >> 25, Efke 25, and, just recently, got hold of Fuji's Neopan F, which is >> rated at 32 ISO. >> >> I like slower films because there's more opportunity to use wider >> apertures or slower shutter speeds, allow for more exposure options, >> and, as an additional benefit, since many people use faster films these >> days, like 400 ISO, my photos often have a somewhat different look to >> them. >> >> As a photographer, one can only benefit by being familiar with a variety >> of emulsions and their characteristics. Color is just starting to enter >> my repertoire, and thus far I've used Kodak Supra, Fuji Reala for print >> films, and a few different slide films. Bruce dayton sent me a few >> rolls of Konica Impresa, which I've just started to use, and I'm anxious >> to see the results. >> >> Also, while the comments of other users are worthwhile, nothing beats >> using a film yourself. There are too many variables in equipment, >> shooting styles, lighting, subject matter, and processing to take >> anything anyone says about a film as anything more than a >> generalization. For exactly the reason one person prefers a particular >> film, another may find it not to their liking. >> >> If you want to shoot color, there's a chart on my web site that >> describes the characteristics of just about all commonly available color >> films, which might be a good place to start when choosing an emulsion. >> Just click on the Color Film Comparison in the Film and Developing >> section. >> >> As for B&W, perhaps even more than color, there are an infinite number >> of choices, because one can choose between many developers and >> developing techniques which yield a broad range of results. Again, >> experimentation is in order, and processing your own B&W can give you >> control and results that are hard, if not impossible, to obtain by >> sending the film to a lab. Do you process and print your own B&W? >> >> > Hi Shel/Listers, Good (core) advice - and thanks to everyone who responded to my question. When (in a 'former' life;) I sold specialty audio (the 'low' end of the 'high' - not 'Hind' - end), I stressed the almost alchemical nature of blending separate components to achieve a "Gestalt' result, where the (sonic) result of the pieces exceeded the (discrete) sum of the system 'parts'...I understand the same philosophy holds true in photography (and elsewhere). I have not, as yet, learned how to develop B&W film - however, I look forward to doing so, hopefully soon after my graduate work is complete (in six weeks)... A 'mundane' question if I may, for those who might know - how does one disable the 'Databack' function on the ZX-5n? I can find nothing in the manual about doing so - and can anyone recommend a good 'Guide' text for this camera (apart from the 'manual' resource)? Thanks again, Dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
